Audrey Brose, Lisa Harry, & Kalea Lee

Assessment Artifact

ELA STANDARD: 4 The Language of Science EXAMPLE TOPIC: Animal Habitats

CONNECTION:
Science 2. Each plant or animal has different structures or behaviors that serve different functions
Evidence Outcomes: a. Use evidence to develop an explanation as to why a habitat is or is not suitable for a specific
organism (DOK 1-3)

Reading, Writing and Communicating: 1. Reference materials help us locate information and answer questions
Evidence Outcomes: a. Identify a variety of resources and the information they might contain (dictionary, trade book, library
databases, Internet web page)

EXAMPLE CONTEXT FOR LANGUAGE USE: Students gather information, through a variety of sources, about animal adaptations
and how it is suitable for a habitat.
COGNITIVE FUNCTION: Students at all levels of English language proficiency will research and gather information about animal
habitats.

Domain: Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 Reaching

READING Entering Emerging Developing Expanding Bridging
Students will
research a specific
Students will Students will Students will Students will Students will animal and write a
match a match a specific match a specific draw a picture of research a paragraph and
specific animal animal photo to animal photo to an animal and its specific animal present to a small
photo to the the habitat it lives the habitat it lives habitat, then and write a group about how it
habitat it lives in, with a partner in and write a write 2-3 short paragraph adapts to its habitat.
in, in small and write a few short sentence sentences about about the
groups in L1 words about the about those the animal’s animal and its
and L2. animal in L1 and habitats. habitat. habitat.
L2.

TOPIC-RELATED LANGUAGE:
Students at all levels of English language proficiency will engage with appropriate grade-level words such as; Habitat, adaptation,
traits/ characteristics, survive,